More by Walter

Q: Did the real Jordan Belfort behave as recklessly as he appears to in The Wolf of Wall Street? —Chuck B., New York City

A: Yes. The drugs, the women, the scams—all true, says Best Adapted Screenplay nominee Terence Winter, 53, creator of Boardwalk Empire. “I didn’t have to make up anything,” adds Winter, who vetted Belfort’s accounts with the FBI agent who arrested him. “That’s what makes the story so worth telling.”